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April 11, 1957
On April 11, 1957, united Kingdom agrees to Singaporean self-rule. Mukesh Ambani, Hervé Le Tellier, Herbert Wetterauer would arrive in the same year.
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Featured · April 11, 1957
United Kingdom agrees to Singaporean self-rule.
Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country and city-state in Southeast Asia. Its territory comprises a main island, over 60 satellite islands and islets, and one outlying islet. The country is about one degree of latitude north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, bordering the Strait of Malacca to the west, the Singapore Strait to the south along with the Riau Islands in Indonesia, the South China Sea to the east and the Straits of Johor along with the State of Johor in Malaysia to the north.
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The year in brief
1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1957th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 957th year of the 2nd millennium, the 57th year of the 20th century, and the 8th year of the 1950s decade.
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On April 11, 1957
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1957 United Kingdom agrees to Singaporean self-rule. Island country in Southeast Asia
Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country and city-state in Southeast Asia. Its territory comprises a main island, over 60 satellite islands and islets, and one outlying islet. The country is about one degree of latitude north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, bordering the Strait of Malacca to the west, the Singapore Strait to the south along with the Riau Islands in Indonesia, the South China Sea to the east and the Straits of Johor along with the State of Johor in Malaysia to the north.
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Other moments from 1957
- April 24 Suez Crisis: The Suez Canal is reopened following the introduction of UNEF peacekeepers to the region.
- April 30 Supplementary Convention on the Abolition of Slavery enters into force.
- April 6 The flag carrier airline of Greece for decades, Olympic Airways, is founded by Aristotle Onassis following the acquisition of "TAE - Greek National Airlines".
- April 9 The Suez Canal in Egypt is cleared and opens to shipping following the Suez Crisis.
- August 1 The United States and Canada form the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD).
- August 21 The Soviet Union successfully conducts a long-range test flight of the R-7 Semyorka, the first intercontinental ballistic missile.
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